Chapter 640

Karl Malone said calmly to Kobe and O'Neal.

And when Karl Malone, who was very eager for the championship, said these words very calmly, it meant that his heart was already somewhat desperate and very angry.

How could he not be angry?

Clearly having the hope of sweeping the opponent in four games and winning the championship directly, now they didn't want this opportunity, and let the opponent tie the original 3:1 lead.

A situation that was originally impossible to be reversed was about to be reversed.

The key was not that their own strength was not enough, but that the players themselves were slacking off and didn't want to win the championship, which led to the loss.

How angry and helpless this is.

"I'm really convinced, what are you doing? If I had known this, I wouldn't have come to the Lakers no matter what, isn't this purely wasting my time?!"

The Glove Payton's patience was also worn out when he saw the team trailing by 16 points and saw the "OK duo" still not wanting to play well.

For someone who wanted to win the championship, paid a high price in salary cuts, and had already held the championship in his hands.

This feeling of having the championship snatched away from his hands was not good at all; it must be very uncomfortable.

Both of them were leaders or even core figures of their respective teams last year.

Now they were relegated to the third or fourth option on the Lakers, or even sacrificed to the level of fringe figures.

Everything was just for a championship.

As a result, you tell me, I have this strength, but I don't want to win; this is really a very infuriating thing.

Now this is the situation.

And even when Karl Malone and Gary Payton were very angry.

Kobe was still doing his own thing, and O'Neal was also being serious, playing or not, just not indulging Kobe's bad temper.

Not wanting to be suppressed by his former little brother when he clearly had the strength, this was absolutely impossible.

"I have been playing the game seriously, it's just that I received high defensive intensity, and I failed to hit some shots, I don't think I did anything wrong."

Kobe said peacefully.

He looked at Malone and Payton, "If you think your finishing ability is very strong, you can also attack and score after getting the ball; no one is stopping you.

Don't say that only you want the championship; of course, I want it too."

"What kind of crap is that?!"

Payton was unhappy as soon as he heard it, and even became angry, "Don't you know how terrible your performance is now?

Don't you know your opponent is the 'current number one shooting guard'?!

Don't you know that if you keep acting on your own like you did in the first four games of the Finals, it's impossible to win the game?!

Don't you know that the team needs your powerful combat power to win the championship, needs you to do things for the team, no, do many things.

Seriously do many things?!

You know it, but you just want to play blindly, just don't want to win, just want to compete with O'Neal!

You are not hurting just yourself, but the entire team, and your fans.

You are a six-time All-Star starter.

If you play like this, you will definitely disappoint the fans who like you, and even if you win against O'Neal in the competition, your future career may not be very glorious.

Understand?!"

"Yeah."

Karl Malone saw Payton so angry, his face red, and said earnestly, "You are both very powerful players, and in different positions.

There is really no need to fight for anything.

You will both be shining existences in the future, and will definitely be Hall of Fame legends.

Then.

For you, the number of championships is definitely extremely important; no matter who is the first core, the core will definitely be talked about in the future.

It will definitely be praised by the outside world.

But once you miss this opportunity, you will definitely have one less championship ring, and your historical status will definitely decline.

So.

Really, please temporarily put aside your conflicts, play a good game, reverse this game, and win the championship trophy first."

Saying this.

Malone looked at O'Neal again, "Shaquille, you too, don't you want to win the championship?"

"Of course I want to."

O'Neal shrugged, "I have also been playing the game seriously and playing out my dominance.

I have been very seriously helping the team win; even if I don't get many ball possessions, I am still very serious and trying hard to lead the team to win.

But.

Anything is too much.

If I can't get the ball, if I can only score in the most humble way, I don't like it either.

Who would like it, don't you think?!"

Payton and Malone didn't speak.

And Kobe naturally knew the significance of winning the championship and naturally knew that even a second-in-command championship had value.

But the extreme desire to win, the extreme desire to be the core of the team, made him completely overwhelmed at this moment, unable to extricate himself.

What kind of result will that lead to?!